14 April, 2016

CIA behind Panama Papers?

In an
exclusive interview Tuesday from Munich, Birkenfeld said he doesn’t
think the source of the 11 million documents stolen from a Panamanian
law firm should automatically be considered a whistleblower like
himself. Instead, he said, the hacking of the Panama City-based firm,
called Mossack Fonseca, could have been done by a U.S. intelligence
agency.

“The
CIA I’m sure is behind this, in my opinion,” Birkenfeld said.

Birkenfeld
pointed to the fact that the political uproar created by the
disclosures have mainly impacted countries with tense relationships
with the United States. “The very fact that we see all these names
surface that are the direct quote-unquote enemies of the United
States, Russia, China, Pakistan, Argentina and we don’t see one
U.S. name. Why is that?” Birkenfeld said. “Quite frankly, my
feeling is that this is certainly an intelligence agency operation.”